Leah Rothstein and Richard Rothstein in conversation with Natosha Reid Rice - Just Action
Wednesday, Jun 14, 2023 7:00 PM
Location:
The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library
441 John Lewis Freedom Parkway, NE
Atlanta, Georgia 30307
"The Color of Law" brilliantly recounted how government at all levels created segregation. "Just Action" describes how we can begin to undo it.
The Jimmy Carter Presidential Library and A Cappella Books welcome co-authors Leah Rothstein and Richard Rothstein to discuss their important new book, "Just Action: How to Challenge Segregation Enacted Under the Color of Law." The authors will appear in conversation with Natosha Reid Rice, Global Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Officer for Habitat for Humanity International.
Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the venue. The authors will sign after the program.
About the Book
In the six years since its initial publication, "The Color of Law," "the most forceful argument ever published on how federal, state, and local governments gave rise to and reinforced neighborhood segregation" (William Julius Wilson), has become a landmark work, which—through its nearly one million copies sold—has helped to define the fractious age in which we live. Aware that twenty-first-century segregation continues to promote entrenched inequality, Richard Rothstein has now teamed with housing policy expert Leah Rothstein to write "Just Action," a blueprint for concerned citizens and community leaders. This book describes dozens of activities that readers and supporters can undertake in their own communities to make their commitment real, producing victories that might finally challenge residential segregation and help remedy America's profoundly unconstitutional past.
About the Authors
Leah Rothstein's expertise in the full range of housing policy stems from more than two decades of experience as a consultant to affordable housing developers and local governments and as a community and union organizer. She lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Richard Rothstein, the author of "The Color of Law" and father to co-author Leah Rothstein, has written many books and articles on educational policy and racial inequality. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.
